Manuscripts for Sacred Clowns (1993)
The Ghostway is Hillerman's seventh novel (sixth in the series of his Leaphorn-Chee Navajo mysteries), and as a mystery-thriller, routinely considered one of his best. The collection of manuscripts and papers for The Ghostway includes three drafts (two preliminary and one edited manuscript), proof pages and correspondence. The proof pages are not available online, but they may be examined in person at the Center for Southwest Research.
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Sacred Clowns: Initial Outline and Draft of First Third. (MSS 501 BC / B16-F14) This is appears to be the earliest outline of Sacred Clowns. This manuscript contains correspondence and the first third of the novel. The manuscript was tried and… |
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Sacred Clowns: Draft. (MSS 501 BC / B16-F15) This manuscript appears to be the earliest complete typed draft of Sacred Clowns. This draft contains no proper chapter titles, instead Hillerman has created a naming… |
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Sacred Clowns: Manuscript Revisions- E,F,G,H,I. (MSS 501 BC / B16-F16) This appears to be the first five chapters and a portion of the sixth chapter of the second draft of Sacred Clowns. It appears to only be lightly edited by the author… |
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Sacred Clowns: Manuscript Revisions- J,K,L,M,N,O. (MSS 501 BC / B16-F17) This appears to be the last six chapters (J,K,L,M,N,O) of the second draft of Sacred Clowns. This draft appears to only be lightly edited by Hillerman and was typed on… |
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Sacred Clowns: Manuscript Revisions- J,K. (MSS 501 BC / B16-F18) This manuscript appears to be the revised versions of chapters J and K from the second draft of Sacred Clowns. This draft appears to be very lightly eddied and this… |
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Sacred Clowns: Manuscript- Chapter 27, early version. (MSS 501 BC / B16-F19) This is an early typed draft of only Chapter 27 of Sacred Clowns. This chapter was lightly edited by Hillerman on a word processor. |
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Sacred Clowns: First Complete, Edited Draft (Titled: "The Death of Valuable Men). (MSS 501 BC / B17-F01) This is the first complete and edited draft of Sacred Clowns. At the time of this draft the title for this novel was "The Death of Valuable Men", which… |
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Sacred Clowns: Original of 1st Manuscript, with revisions. (MSS 501 BC / B17-F02) This is the first manuscript of Sacred Clowns with revisions. The revisions are by either Hillerman or a third party. This draft has been lightly edited for plot… |
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Sacred Clowns: Photocopy of 1st Edited Manuscript, with additional revisions (MSS 501 BC / B17-F03) This is a photocopy of the first edited manuscript ofSacred Clowns with additional revisions by the book's editor. This manuscript was moderately edited and additional… |
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Sacred Clowns: Re-edited Version of Chapters 19 and 20 (MSS 501 BC / B17-F04) This is the manuscript for the edits of chapters 19 and 20 of Sacred Clowns. The manuscript appears to have been slightly edited by Hillerman himself. |
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Sacred Clowns: Copy-edited Manuscript, including associated correspondence. (MSS 501 BC / B17-F07) This is a copy of the copyedited manuscript and associated correspondence from Harper and Row. Interestingly this manuscript also includes a list of unconfirmed place names,… |
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Sacred Clowns: Miscellaneous Pages. (MSS 501 BC / B17-F11) This manuscript includes miscellaneous pages from the creation of Sacred Clowns. In this manuscript there are chapter outlines, revised chapters, edited front matter… |